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LOUIS E. 31 E113, QF BRGQKLYN, NEW YORK.

NOZZLE.

Application filed June 6, 1925. Serial No. 35,5382.

This invention relates to'douche nozzles and more particularly to suchnozzles as are adapted for cleansing and irrigating and conveying liquidmedicaments to the interior portions of the vaginal cavity.

Vith ordinary methods of irrigation. the interstices formed by theoverlapping folds of the membranous'walls of the cavity are not reachedby the jets and sprays used, and it has previously been proposed todilate or distend the interior tract by means of separate instrumentswhereby the n'iedicaments may reach every portion of the folds of themembrane. Devices have also been pro posed which are adapted to beassociated with the douche nozzle to effect such dilation, but thesedevices have generally involved mechanical movements and have beenexpensive of manufacture and difficult of cleansing or when impositivein their nature that is, not involving mechanical movements to effectdilation of the vagina they have lacked durability.

The present invention seeks to provide a combined dilator and douchenozzle which shall be impositive in its nature, may be effectively usedwithout distress or danger to the inexperienced individual user andwhich shall not impede the outflow of the cleansing or healing medium,while at the same time) it shall be capable of thorough cleansing and bepracticalv from the standpoint of ease and cheapness of manufacture.Accordingly a nozzle is provided havinga separate dilator adapted to heslipped thereon and which may besecured together by means of aperforated tip, the nozzle and dilator being preferably made of metaland being easily separable for cleansing and sterilization and thedilator being so formed as to effect dilationof the vaginal cavity in aneasy and gentle manner to the requisite degree.

In order that the invention may be clearly understood the same will nowbe described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawingsillustrating a bodiment thereof, in which:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the vaginal douche and dilatoraccording to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary view, partly in section, on an enlarged scale,showing the manner in which the dilator is positively secured on thedouche nozzle by means of the perforated tip.

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Figure 3 is a transverse sectional View of the dilator taken in theplane'indicated by the line 33 in Fi ure l and lookino in the directionof the arrows.

The douche nozzle is formed as a tube wnch is indicated in general at aand 1s passage a longitudinally posed outwardly of the end of the tubea" for the reception of a shoulder a formed on the end 0 of the dilator0 The dilator c is formed of two spaced annular portions 0 0 of aninterior diameter just sufficient to receive the tube a and spaced orconv .nec-ted by radially disposed fins 0 shown in the illustratedembodiment as four in number equally spaced from one another andprovided with gently rounded outer surfaces as indicated at 0 wherebynosharp edges are afforded which might tend to injure sensitivemembranes.The outer marginal surfaces of the webs 0 are also gently tapering fromend to end rising from a substantially small height adjacent the annulic and c and gradually increasing in height to the highest point, midwaybetween the annuli, as shown clearly in Figure 1, whereby the nozzle maybe inserted within the opening of the vagina and the latter graduallyexpanded or dilated as the nozzle advances, to open the intersticesbetween the folds ,and permit an exposure of all of the interior surfaceto the fluid medicthus distended by the webs 0 provision is made in thespacing of the webs for the medicament'to flow freely outwardlytherebetween, whereby the continuous discharge of the medicament fromtie perforated tip 7 It will thus be seen that a durable nozzle has beenprovided comprising, in general, a tube, perforate tip, and dilator,which-are readily separablefor cleansing and sterilization. The nozzlemay be formed of any While the walls of the cavity are convenientmaterial although it is deemed advantageous to form both tube anddilator of metal which Will not be affected by the high temperature usedin sterilization.

Various modifications in the configuration, composition and manner ofassociating the component elen'ients of the douche nozzle may occur tothose skilled .ir the art and are to be deemed to be Within the scope ofthe present invention.

hat I claim is:

1. In a douche nozzle, in combination. a tub J a separable perforatetip. a separate dilatoi: comprising spaced annuli having an interiordiameter suiiieient to receive the tube and spaced curved Webs extendingbetween the annuli, and means to secure the dilator in position over thetube.

2. In a douche nozzle in combination, a

tube, a separable perforate tip, a separate dilator comprising spacedannuli having an interior diameter suiiicient to receive the tube andspaced curved Webs extending between the annuli and means to secure thedilator in position over the tube through the instru- June A. D., 1925.

LOUIS E.

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